And the difference between her as a child and her in this moment is that she had not bothered to find out.

在这一刻，就像一个孩子的她,和她自己之间的差异，不难被发现。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

If you knew your way around in the funhouse like your own bedroom, you could wait until a girl came along and then slip away without ever getting caught, even if her boyfriend was right with her.

如果你在开心馆中跟自己在寝室里一样熟悉门道，你可以等一个姑娘前来，事后溜之大吉,绝不会被人抓住，即使她男朋友就在旁边。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And then she is gripped with--as she says, "overcome all at once"-- by a need to touch him, as if she could not believe in him or would not remember him.

然后，就像她说的，“突然克服了“一样，她被一种接触他的需要紧紧握住，就像是她不能够相信他，或者是记得他。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选